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YOU Spotlight: Sharon Resch choreographs charitable efforts to support the arts. On the Cover: Sharon Resch. Photo by Mike Peters.

The Do Good Project: 5 nonprofits making a world of difference

your health the Do Good project

11 Why weight is just one

part of the equation: Measuring your health â&#x20AC;&#x201C; without the scale

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Heard on the Street: Good news about amazing things happening in our community

20 YOU Picks: A sampling of our favorite things from local merchants 22 CYLG: 11th annual Power of the Purse

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A Giving Heart & Soul

Publisher Scott Johnson Executive Editor amelia compton wolff

“I have found that among its other benefits, giving liberates the soul of the giver.” – Maya Angelou If Maya Angelou’s words are accurate, we live in a city overf lowing with liberated souls. We are so fortunate to live in a place that truly embraces a giving spirit. It’s such a focus here that we dedicated an entire issue to philanthropy, charitable work and giving back. In the words of our cover woman, “This community takes care of its people.” We couldn’t agree more. Many of you will recognize the face on this month’s cover. In an issue all about giving, who else but Sharon Resch could be our Spotlight woman? Sharon takes philanthropy to a new level in Green Bay, donating her time, talents and resources to more organizations than we could reasonably list. Many of Sharon’s causes revolve around the performing arts, which played a huge role in her personal life and career as a dancer and choreographer, and her passion has fueled an abundance of projects impacting Green Bay youth arts. Get to know Sharon and her passions on page 6. This month we present our second annual Do Good Project, an endeavor to share the important work of charitable organizations with the Greater Green Bay community on page 14. We received more than 50 applications, almost double from last year, so it’s safe to say our selection committee had a very difficult task. Five nonprofit organizations were selected and each was matched with a local filmmaker to create a short video highlighting their cause. The videos can be viewed at greenbaypressgazette.com/dogoodproject. After you watch all five videos, vote for the cause that speaks to you most and keep voting each day through Friday, October 30. When voting ends, the organization’s video with the most votes will receive a $1,000 advertising budget with Press-Gazette Media to promote their cause. For many nonprofits, simply getting the word out is a major obstacle and this is a way to help them overcome it. The Do Good Project merely scratches the surface of all the good at work here in our community, but it’s a start. I hope these stories keep liberating your heart and soul.

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YOU Advisory Board Members Sharon Verbeten Brown County Public Library Patti Schisel The Ultimate Closet Allyson Watson Brown County UW-Extension Amy Bailey Skogen’s Festival Foods Janie Denis Strutt Forte Modeling & Talent Dave Compton Wolff Cineviz Stephanie Schultz, MSM, RDN, CD Skogen’s Festival Foods Lisa Malak Local Five Live, WFRV Tina Quigley Mosaic Arts Inc. lori o’connor Prophit Marketing

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Pregame tailgate party By Amelia Compton Wolff

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The Power of Positivity Story by Amelia Compton Wolff | Photos by Mike Peters

Sharon Resch choreographs charitable efforts to support the arts

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you spotlight

Sharon Resch isn’t one to support a cause from afar.

“I always loved playing violin, but dance was the love of my life,” Resch says. “There’s just something about dance. You’re in your alpha waves immediately. You’re creative and you’re far away, physically and mentally in another world, which is This former Broadway dancer prefers getting her hands great.” dirty, whether it’s building a home for Habitat for Humanity, delivering supplies to impoverished Resch graduated from Central High School in families in Slovakia, or in this case, making 90 Minneapolis and joined the pounds of meatloaf at Green Bay’s New ComChicago Opera Ballet School munity Shelter. at age 17. After receiving a Ford Foundation for The Arts “I’ve been a meatloaf lady for more than 20 Scholarship, Resch enrolled at years,” Resch says as she pours ketchup over the Illinois Institute of Techa pan containing three large meatloaves. “We nology where she studied for have the recipe written down, but we really a math degree in the morning don’t need to look at it.” and took dance classes in the The group of “meatloaf ladies” convene afternoons. At the same time on the third Wednesday of the month to she danced in the Chicago Opera make dinner for the shelter’s residents and Ballet Touring Company to 32 patrons. It runs the group about $360 per cities. Before leaving Chicago for meal, a cost they cover themselves, and New York City, Resch earned her translates into roughly 250 meals for the master’s degree in math. night. In New York City Resch danced Sixty pounds of ground beef, five dozen in “The Music Man” and “Flower eggs, 10 bottles of ketchup, 18 cups of Drum Song.” She eventually moved oatmeal and about an hour later, Resch to Los Angeles for roles in teleand the other ladies are loading six Resch danced in vision specials and worked as a m an y productions 15-pound pans of meatloaf onto a cart “The Music Man including ” and “Flower choreographer as well. Resch credits Drum Song.” to be transferred to the oven. the scholarships she received for Any offers to assist Resch with the enabling her to pursue a successful heavy lifting will only be met with an incredulous look. career as a dancer and choreographer. “I’m stronger than I look, you know,” she says. “I lift She relocated to Green Bay in 1985 after marrying her weights.” Resch’s can-do attitude and feisty personality have been put to work for numerous local causes such as the recent Backstage at the Meyer addition to the Meyer Theatre and the Women’s Fund of Greater Green Bay. Lately, Resch has been channeling her efforts into supporting the arts which have played an integral part in her own life and success.

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Tour de force Resch’s passion for philanthropy stems from her own experiences growing up in a low-income neighborhood of Minneapolis. At age 11, Resch received a dance scholarship which afforded her the opportunity to study tap dance and ballet – lessons her family wouldn’t have been able to afford otherwise.

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former high school classmate and KI CEO, Dick Resch. Quickly she became immersed in the performing arts scene, volunteering to choreograph musicals at Southwest High School and Dudley Birderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s St. Norbert Music Theatre, and serving on the board of Green Bayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Pamiro Opera where she choreographed seven operas for Maestro Miro Pansky. She also served as a member of the planning and development committee for the Weidner Center. Earlier this month, UW-Green Bay hosted an international voice competition which Resch and professor Dr. Sarah Meredith Livingston launched in 2003. Contestants traveled from Europe, Canada and around the United States singing opera arias in Chzeck, French and Italian. Creating opportunities for local residents to experience the arts has a two-fold impact, Resch says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The arts are the basis for a very strong community,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Appreciation for the arts contributes to the beauty of a city as well as its economy.â&#x20AC;?

Paying it forward Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s easy to find examples of the Resch familyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s generosity throughout Green Bay â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the Resch Center, Resch Miracle Field and Resch Aquatic Center at Fisk Park are all projects which the couple has helped fund. Over the past five years Resch says she has focused her efforts around the arts, particularly those endeavors which involve young talent because she believes mentors are essential to the success of students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mentors are so important in the arts,â&#x20AC;? she says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;People who will help you think, create and study. It takes a lot of discipline and they instill that in you. We have to mentor these kids.â&#x20AC;? Resch says one of her most significant experiences was providing a college scholarship to Rissel Peguero, a 2013 graduate of the Fine Arts Institute at Green Bay East High School. Resch helped found the non-profit Fine Arts Institute which is where she met Peguero, a pianist, vocalist and saxophonist who was awarded the first Sharon J. Resch Endowed Scholarship for Fine Arts. The $100,000 scholarship is reserved for students who graduate from the Fine Arts Institute and continue their music studies at UW-Green Bay. Peguero, 19, was born in the Dominican Republic and relocated to Wisconsin with her family in 2001 for her fatherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s job as a pastor. Peguero says the scholarship has allowed her to attend college to further her education in

you spotlight music and psychology. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It would be difficult to give someone a substantial amount of money, not knowing if they will succeed or not,â&#x20AC;? Peguero says, putting herself in Reschâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s shoes. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But it provides me more Resch with Risse l Peguero (left), th motivation because e first Sharon J. Re En sch do wed Scholarship I have something to for Fine Ar ts recipi ent. work for.â&#x20AC;? Peguero hopes to meld her passions for music and psychology by forging a career in music therapy. Making it possible for a young musician to pursue her dreams is the ultimate reward, Resch says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I want to encourage youth to go to college and play instruments because itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a way out for them. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a way out of the stressful lives they might lead and a way to make a living in the world,â&#x20AC;? Resch says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had a lot of help when I was young and Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m just passing it on.â&#x20AC;?

talent jam! Resch and fellow Meyer Theatre board member Lois Golde founded Talent Jam five years ago as a way to showcase local youth talent in the performing arts. The show provides local high school and college students with the opportunity to perform on a professional stage and win prize money. A judge-selected lineup of acts will perform at the fifth annual Talent Jam on Saturday, November 21 at 7 p.m. Audience members will vote for the top two acts and judges will choose the first place winner who will receive $1,000. Tickets are $10 and can be purchased by visiting www.meyertheatre.org.

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your health

Why weight is just one part of the equation Measuring your health – without the scale By Meghan Diemel

While it may be tempting to judge our personal health based solely on the numbers on the scale, the idea of wellness – the state of being in good physical and mental health, along with proper nutrition and adequate exercise – is important to keep in mind, says Laura Grovogel, Manager, Wellness Services for Aurora BayCare. “It’s not unusual for an average person to step on a scale and be disappointed with the weight that appears,” she explains. “However, weight is not the only determinate of good health, and it’s certainly not the sole origin of happiness. Although weight has a significant influence on individual health, it’s important to take into account the other variables that affect health and overall wellness.” Being “healthy” is an individualized goal, adds

Deb Guenterberg MS, RDN, CD, and Prevea Health Registered Dietitian. She recommends looking at your current lifestyle and choosing what aspects you want to improve upon. “Perhaps you want to eat a minimum of five to seven servings of fruits and vegetables per day, or get some form of physical exercise three times per week,” she offers. “However, if you are already eating well and exercising, your goal may be to attain seven to eight hours of sleep in a day or to take time for yourself to relax, meditate or practice a form of yoga daily.” Brittany Ingledew, Prevea Health Coach/HRA Supervisor, says that in addition to the physical aspect of health, people also need to consider the mental, emotional, social, spiritual and occupational health as important components in the overall picture. “They are all intertwined,” she states. “In order to be the best for yourself and those around you, it is imperative to focus on multiple components listed above, not just the physical.” Similarly, Grovogel notes that everyone can improve in at least one wellness segment. “Sleep, for instance, is a common – and very important – contributor to good health in which many individuals come up short,” she

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your health <<< weight continued from page 11 states. “It’s been well established that getting seven to nine hours of sleep per night is ideal, yet many find that to be unachievable. Sleep, especially lack of sleep, can influence the other areas of wellness. There is evidence linking lack of sleep to poor food choices, a larger waistline, less time spent exercising, and even depression symptoms.” Guenterberg says that when she meets with patients at Prevea Health, she finds that people are trying to adhere to many of the guidelines that are in place for the general public, like getting seven to eight hours of sleep every night; drinking eight glasses of water per day; and exercising for a minimum of 150 minutes per week. While these are all terrific goals, it’s more important for a person to find the place where they are at and to start there, she recommends. “Working with a registered dietitian or a health coach

can really help a person set incremental goals,” she furthers. “Each person is on his or her own journey to wellness. No two paths are the same.” At Aurora BayCare Sports Medicine, LiveFit Personal Trainers help patients through wellness guidance, support and motivation. Prevea Health’s Employer Services department has select offerings that area businesses are able to take advantage of to encourage healthy lifestyle habits for their employees; these services are also available to the general public. In addition to health coaching, Prevea also offers nutrition counseling and meal planning, programming on the management of metabolic syndrome, smoking cessation and stress management. “Health can take on so many forms and you need to be patient with yourself,” says Guenterberg. “Take on small goals and celebrate each success. Change takes time and it is best if you focus on progression and not perfection.”

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photo By mike peters Nearly 900 community members attended the 11th annual Women’s Fund Power of the Purse luncheon on Thursday, September 24 at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center in Green Bay. The sold-out event raised funds to support programing that empowers women and inspires girls. Author and humorist Dr. Regina Barreca spoke about humor and gender, and attendees were able to bid on designer handbags in the Purse Auction. The event also featured an update on local programming funded by the Imagine the Future grant which aims at building character traits, leadership skills and goal setting frameworks for girls ages 9 to 15. Last year 10 grant recipients were awarded a total of $154,225.

Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humanity is looking for artists and DIY enthusiasts to donate repurposed items for their first Repurpose for a Reason event on Thursday, November 12 from 5-8 pm. The event will auction repurposed items to raise money for Greater Green Bay Habitat for Humanity. Participants can create an item on their own or stop in the ReStore to select an item to upcycle (ReStore will cover the cost up to $50.00). Items can be functional, artistic, jewelry, decorative or useful. For more information, visit www.repurposeforareason.org.

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the Do Good project From more than 50 applicants, By Meghan Diemel Get to know them here, five nonprofits were selected to then visit greenbaypressparticipate in our second annual gazette.com/dogoodproject to Do Good Project, an endeavor vote for the cause that resonates to share the important work of with you most. When voting charitable organizations with the ends October 30, the organizaGreater Green Bay community. tionâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s video with the most votes Each were paired with a will receive a $1,000 local filmmaker to creadvertising budget with ate a video showPress-Gazette casing their Media. organizationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s mission.

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R-PAWS

If you’ve ever found an injured or ill animal and weren’t sure quite how to help, you aren’t alone. Thankfully, the Rehabilitation Program at the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary (R-PAWS) exists to help orphaned, ill and injured wildlife found by the public have a chance to become wild again through care and rehabilitation by trained and licensed volunteer rehabilitators. “R-PAWS is a volunteer-run program and it runs on donations, working with the Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary and with licensed wildlife rehabbers,” explains Lori Bankson, curator of animals at Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary. “People might find an animal that was hit by a car, or a young squirrel or rabbit that they can’t find the mom, or an injured bird that hit a window. A lot of times, when we find wildlife that need help, we might not be sure what to do to help it, and we don’t know where to take it. So that’s where R-PAWS and Bay Beach Wildlife Sanctuary come in. We help people help wildlife.” The organization is supported entirely by donations. It is always in need of formula, funding for veterinary visits and radiographs, new incubators, and outdoor caging to help the more than 5,000 wild animals brought in by the public. “We are also going to begin fundraising for either a viewing screen or touch screen to highlight the work done by the rehabilitators behind the scenes for wildlife, to have in our lobby,” adds Bankson.

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the do good project

Pals Program

The Pals Program has been matching children referred by Child Protective Services, who have been victims of abuse, neglect, abandonment, and incarcerated or deceased parents, with a volunteer mentor since 1973. According to Glen Tilot, social worker and Pals program coordinator, mentors help role model positive behaviors, a positive environment, encourage the children and, if necessary, assist the child with schoolwork. “Many children have totally turned their lives around as a result of the relationships they’ve had with their Pals,” he states. Tilot says Pals have helped children break the family cycle of poverty and dependency on the system through the generosity of their time together. At this time, there are more than 60 children on the wait list with more referrals on the way. The children are, quite simply, in need of someone to show them love, care and respect. “Research proves that youth have a better chance of being successful in school, with relationships, with a career, and their overall quality of life if they have at least one positive adult relationship,” adds Tilot. “Youth who don’t have this often end up in foster care, residential treatment facilities, or corrections costing the taxpayers millions of dollars annually in Wisconsin.”

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Fox-Wolf

Watershed Alliance

The FWWA is an independent, non-profit, organization that identifies issues and advocates effective policies and actions to protect, restore and sustain the water resources of Wisconsin’s Fox-Wolf River Basin. Safe and accessible opportunities for aquatic recreation, a sustainable supply of groundwater and drinking water, and sustainable, balanced, natural, edible fish communities are just three of several issues the Fox-Wolf Watershed Alliance tackles each day. “We’re united by water,” explains Kelly Reyer, outreach coordinator for the FWWA. “There are actions that each one of us can do to improve water quality. We’re all part of the problem, but we can all take part in the solution.” Increased awareness for the FWWA through the Do Good project will help create alliances and collaborations with like-minded organizations, public outreach and education, explains Reyer. The group’s annual watershed cleanup in the spring, during which 450 volunteers cleaned earlier this year, is complemented by an annual conference, school presentations, and the FWWA’s newly created Watershed Pledge. The Watershed Pledge asks residents to make choices at home that help reduce harmful runoff pollution, and allow cleaner water to f low to the region’s local lakes and streams. “We’ve been blessed in this region with an abundant resource, and yet we travel an hour north to recreate,” says Jessica Shultz, executive director, FWWA. “That message is pretty important itself, because so many of us can relate to it,” adds Reyer.

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Manna for Life

Food Pantry & Soup Kitchen Garden As a USDA-designated food desert, Green Bay is a community with a documented need for increased access to healthy food, explains Kim Diaz, volunteer coordinator for the Manna for Life Food Pantry & Soup Kitchen Garden. A 2009 Food Security Survey conducted in Brown County with food pantry patrons revealed that the majority (73 percent) of users were not consuming the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables. Diaz hopes the garden will change that.

“The Manna for Life garden helps to feed people from the pantry, and they have more than 100 families a week who come to get food from the pantry,” she explains. “A lot of times it’s not the healthiest food, so this garden helps to give these families fresh food. It also helps people learn how to grow food for themselves because the people who go to the garden are, a lot of times, the people who volunteer in the garden.” When renovations are completed to the Manna for Life building, Diaz says the hope is to incorporate the produce from the garden into the meals served from the soup kitchen, while holding cooking classes to teach people to grow and cook their own food, improving the health and wellbeing of many families. “I’m hoping to build a community that will teach people to be self-sufficient and empower them so that they can grow their own food and eat healthier so we can have a healthy community,” says Diaz.

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Civic Symphony of Green Bay

The Civic Symphony of Green Bay is a nonprofit arts organization, consisting of local orchestral musicians, including winds, percussion and string players. Its mission is to keep classical music alive and well in and around the Green Bay community, and keep ticket prices low in order to remain accessible to everyone. “Music is around us and enhances people in ways they don’t even realize,” explains administrative leader Jill Quigley. “It moves us.” Now that the Civic Symphony of Green Bay is the only orchestra in Green Bay, the pressure is on to continue providing great live orchestral music – traditional orchestral standards and new contemporary or even newly commissioned works – as well as soloists with a broad range of appeal and name recognition, explains Quigley. The costs of music rentals, purchases and soloist fees makes this a challenging feat. “In order for the Civic Symphony to remain an exciting, enriching and educational source for classical music in this community, [it] needs to have access to great orchestral music and amazing soloists,” she states. “There is nothing in the world quite like hearing an orchestra live and in person. It’s also pretty amazing to be the ones making the music! Do Good. Be a part of the experience of live music. Live awesome music!”

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